Health and social work services

Tender description

Croydon Council leading the procurement for the SLCP Children Looked After Project seeks to enter into agreement with multiple providers under the Light Touch Regime rules of the PCRs 2015 for the delivery of residential and foster care services for children and young people aged 0 -18 years. The multi-provider agreement will be known as an Approved Provider Panel Agreement (APPA). The APPA would be for a period of 8 years.The APPA will be accessed initially by the London Boroughs of Bexley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark and Sutton. The services to be procured under the APPA have been categorised into Lot 1: residential child care provision [sub-lots: standard and specialist] and Lot 2: Independent Fostering Agency Provision [sub-lots: standard, specialist and emergency]. Applicants have the option to bid for Lot 1, Lot 2 or both. In time, the APPA may be accessed by the London Boroughs of Bromley, Richmond, Wandsworth and Kingston. Residential child care provision have been categorised into: (a) standard provision [standard placements]; (b) specialist provision [disabilities placements, solo placements]. Age bands for pricing are Under 1, 1-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-15 years and 16-18 years. The Council may periodically re-open the APPA to admit new providers as approved providers. Where the Council decides to reopen the APPA it shall do so on the basis of the selection criteria as outlined in the Council’s original ITT. Independent Fostering Agency Provision has been subcategorised into: (a) standard provision; (b) specialist provision [disabilities placements, parent and child placements, solo placements, remand placements]; (c) emergency provision. Age bands for pricing are under 1, 1-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-15 years and 16-18 years. The Council may periodically re-open the APPA to admit new providers as approved providers. Where the Council decides to reopen the APPA it shall do so on the basis of the selection criteria as outlined in the Council’s original ITT.